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In-form Carrigaline footballers beat Éire Óg

EchoLive.ie, 26 May

Carrigaline have won five matches to date this season but the Ovens

side still need to secure their top-flight status for 2025

Kevin O'Reilly, Carrigaline, holding off John Mullins, Éire Óg, during

their McCarthy Insurance Division 1 match at Carrigaline. Picture Dan

Linehan

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Dylan O’ Connell

Carrigaline 2-9 Éire Óg 0-9

GOALS from Niall Coakley and Kevin O’Reilly were decisive as

Carrigaline defeated Éire Óg in Division 1 of the McCarthy Insurance

Group Football League.

They hit the back of the net during a commanding second half for the

home side, who trailed by three points at the break.

It finished as a comfortable victory for Carrigaline, who went into the

game looking to bounce back from their recent defeat to Nemo Rangers on

home soil.

Éire Óg, on the other hand, arrived looking to build on a recent

victory over Ballincollig and they stormed in front through well-taken

scores from Rian O’Flynn and Brian Hurley. The team from Muskerry also

hit three wides during this spell, while Carrigaline missed the target

just once during this spell.

Eanna Desmond ended this barren run by converting a free and O’Flynn

immediately responded for his club.

Niall Coakley then put over a quick brace, and the two teams were level

for the first time in Carrigaline.

Éire Óg finished the first half with Mark Griffin, O’Flynn, and Hurley

splitting the posts and that made it 0-6 to 0-3 at the break.

Darragh King, Carrigaline, breaking past Daniel Healy, Éire Óg.

Picture: Dan Linehan Darragh King, Carrigaline, breaking past Daniel

Healy, Éire Óg. Picture: Dan Linehan

Carrigaline did not change anything when the game restarted. They

continued to play short passes and find free players in space, and out

of the commitment came a 1-6 run that gave them a commanding lead.

This started with a brace by Desmond, and points from Adam Coughlan and

O’Reilly, who hit the back of the net with a fine goal in the 37th

minute.

Carrigaline built on their advantage by slowly rotating their team

throughout the second half. The fresh legs brought a new sense of

energy, and the club used this to create scoring opportunities for

Chris O’Herlihy and Desmond.

The only thing that Éire Óg could create during this was a solitary

point from a Hurley free.

Carrigaline shrugged this off and went long. The ball fell into the

hands of Coakley, who ran onto the edge of the square with an acre of

space around him. The former Cork inter-county hit the goal’s top

corner and his club led 2-9 to 0-7 with eight minutes left to play.

Éire Óg finished strong, and points by Conor McGoldrick and Sam

O’Driscoll meant there was just two goals between the two sides in

stoppage time. There was no moment of drama, instead Carrigaline came

through.

Scorers for Carrigaline: N Coakley 1-2 (0-1 f), K O’Reilly 1-1, E

Desmond 0-4 (0-2 m, 0-1 f), A Coughlan, C O’Herlihy 0-1 each.

Éire Óg: R O’Flynn 0-3, B Hurley 0-3 (0-1 f), M Griffin 0-1, C

McGoldrick, S O’Driscoll 0-1 each.

CARRIGALINE: S Mellett; Niall Qurike; I Sheehan, D King, Kevin

Kavanagh, C O’Herlihy, J McCarthy, P Mellett, Kieran Kavanagh, A

Coughlan, B Coakley, E Ryle, N Coakley, K O’Reilly, E Desmond.

Subs: N O’Keeffe for Kieran Kavanagh (42); L Boyle for King (42), T

Cronin for Desmond (52), T Vaughan for Coughlan (52), C Barry for P

Mellett (55), C Kearney for Ryle (55).

ÉIRE ÓG: E Kelleher; D Herlihy, J Mullins, J Kelleher, M Corkery, C

McGoldrick, M Griffin, Eoin O’Shea, R O’Flynn, B Hurley, M Murphy, Eoin

O’Shea, D Healy, H Murphy.

Subs: D Murphy for Murphy (56); S O’Driscoll for Eoin O’Shea (56).

Referee: Brian Conriy (Crosshaven)